Bug#352973: Install: hang after Freeing unused kernel memory:

2006-02-17 Thread Helen Field
Hi there Frans, We are trying the Etch CD now, having failed to boot with floppies... we once got as far as beginning to download from the net (to 15%) but didn't get that far again. With Etch, we get as far as Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed NET: Registered protocol family 1 or, us

Bug#352973: Install: hang after Freeing unused kernel memory:

2006-02-16 Thread Helen Field
Thanks for your email. I am looking for a rescue disk with fdisk to wipe the old drive and create a partition: the one you supply is double size ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-s390/current/images-1.44/rescue.bin Do you have a 1440 image or is there a way to create it from t

Bug#352973: Install: hang after Freeing unused kernel memory:

2006-02-15 Thread Frans Pop
Hmm. Two errors in my previous mail. On Thursday 16 February 2006 01:12, Frans Pop wrote: > There's a few things you could try. > > Instead of just pressing at the boot prompt, try entering: > - install noapic nolocalapic This should be 'noapic nolapic' > - install acpi=off > - install24 > - in

Bug#352973: Install: hang after Freeing unused kernel memory:

2006-02-15 Thread Frans Pop
Hello Helen, On Wednesday 15 February 2006 16:26, Helen Field wrote: > Comments/Problems: > Very basic install with boot.img floppy, or with Etch CD, give same > result: system installs as far as: > Freeing unused kernel memory: 96k freed There's a few things you could try. Instead of just press